Document: Two Men Arrested for a Homicide

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced two men have been arrested for a shooting that killed a man on Nov. 19, 2023, on the 2100 block of 8th Street, NW.

According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of an unconscious person inside a parking garage, where they located an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound. He died at the scene.

The victim was identified as 24-year-old Anwar Wingate.

On Jan. 24, 20-year-old Jayvon Thomas and 19-year-old Lavar Hunter were arrested and charged first-degree murder while armed (felony murder).

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